Cassandra, Master of Knapping

 is a character in Bastard's Wound.

Background
A small group of Forge-Bound stand in conference around an older, gray-haired woman. Blue tattooed streaks trail down from her hairline, coming to rest upon a pair of eyebrows permanently fixed in a severe expression. She grasps a hunk of jasper and strikes it several times with a sharp piece of obsidian. Cassandra is an elder Master of Knapping and a talented builder of forges. She was supposed to return North on a rented boat, but following an altercation with a Bronze Brotherhood team on the way to the southern Haven ports, she decided to stay at South Haven to recuperate. Her stay turned permanent on account of accommodating locals and her health, allowing her to teach the intricacies of the Forge-Bound craft to her charges. She's described as a loud hardass, but her students are all the better for her high standards, learning what it means to be a smith.

She is the proud bearer of two marks of an elder Master: A set of Gravelight tools crafted for her by Zdenya, to commemorate her fifty years with the Guild, and a gray mane of hair. As most Forge-Bound shave their heads to avoid being set on fire when they wage into the fires of the forge, she stands out like a sore thumb.

Quests

 * Knapping on the Job: Cassandra holds the Gravelight tools desired by Jaspos.